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Post by joblackford on Jul 25, 2024 1:52:26 GMT
I'm making some Christmas cards and hoping to keep up with posting them as I finish them. Here are the first 6. The collection is 12x12" from Paper Rose, a very nice classic cozy kind of Christmas theme. I used an older Sheetload for the background to get started, but two of these (the plaid ones) are from one side of a big 12x12 design. Paper Rose has sentiments on the back of their cover sheet so I'm using those on most of the cards.  July share by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Jul 25, 2024 2:36:48 GMT
those are lovely - I'm not familiar with Paper Rose but will be checking them out. joblackford |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 25, 2024 3:42:38 GMT
those are lovely - I'm not familiar with Paper Rose but will be checking them out. joblackford They're an Australian company  but also sold at scrapbook dot com. Their paper is good quality, quite a heavy weight, but it has a coating on it that some people don't like. |
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Post by Linda on Jul 25, 2024 3:47:41 GMT
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Post by artbabe on Jul 25, 2024 15:13:35 GMT
those are lovely - I'm not familiar with Paper Rose but will be checking them out. joblackford They're an Australian company but also sold at scrapbook dot com. Their paper is good quality, quite a heavy weight, but it has a coating on it that some people don't like. I hate how glossy it is. When I'm trying to arrange a layout the papers slide everywhere. It is really frustrating. They make some really nice papers, though, so I continue to use them. |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 25, 2024 16:58:56 GMT
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Post by Linda on Jul 26, 2024 2:24:53 GMT
another layout for a Shimelle class - the background is supposed to be 50-50 but it's more 30-70 because of the scrap I wanted to use. Watercolours and stamping on the background.  and another one - also for a Shimelle class  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 26, 2024 4:16:34 GMT
This layout is for Linda 's Wild Animals theme team challenge. I've been wanting to scrap this story for a while, and this challenge was the perfect prompt.  |
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Post by Linda on Jul 26, 2024 5:01:10 GMT
I love that AussieMeg - those are fabulous photos and I love your journalling. Great colours and I don't think I realised that Roos were so big |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 26, 2024 5:12:56 GMT
I love that AussieMeg - those are fabulous photos and I love your journalling. Great colours and I don't think I realised that Roos were so big These are 'only' Eastern Greys. The Red kangaroos are the really big ones, but they're found mostly in the desert regions. Some of those can get up to 1.8m, or nearly 6'. I just realised that the photos on the second page are not to scale, so the photo of the roo inbetween the two photos of me is actually zoomed in more, which makes him look bigger than he was. But he was still pretty big!! |
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Post by Linda on Jul 26, 2024 18:21:50 GMT
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Post by Linda on Jul 27, 2024 3:27:48 GMT
Tonight's layouts For a Shimelle class  Used Carta Belle Work hard, Play Hard collection  a second layout for one of the Shimelle classes  Scrapbook Generations Car & Driver collection  |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 27, 2024 15:59:08 GMT
Another afternoon of Christmas cards using the die cuts and the plaid paper with a big tree/window/door scene:  July share by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by Linda on Jul 27, 2024 16:06:57 GMT
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Post by grammadee on Jul 27, 2024 16:06:57 GMT
Catching up with my posting. On Tuesday, I spent the day at a LSS with justjac , and managed to complete three two pagers. They are all travel theme, about trips on which I was not invited LOL. Fortunately, my kids and grandkids send me photos to scrap. "Gotta keep the old woman busy so she stays out of trouble", right? This first one I think I photographed with the pages switched. The big photo should go far right. I may come back to rectify the photo, but if not, I still plan to put it in the album the opposite way from this:  21 in Mexico by Gramma Dee, on Flickr These two LO's document a roadtrip our oldest ds took in March/April. His family and his wife's sister's family drove two vehicles (4 adults and 5 kids in total) from Calgary to Phoenix to spend Easter with his mother-in-law who winters there. Of course there was a stop in Vegas. I started with a NJFB sketch for the left page on the first one...  destination Adventure by Gramma Dee, on Flickr POINTS: six pages (120), created & shared (12). Twenty-rour photos for the Donna challenge (24). P-2 enamel dots, P-15 big words, S/I-2 arrows, S/I-11 squares, Th-8 travel, Th-11 two generations, Th-14 selfie stick photos, Th-16 road trip. Total: 164.
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Post by joblackford on Jul 27, 2024 16:16:37 GMT
Here is the cell phone bag crochet project I should've refused to do and complained about in the chat thread (nothing compared to my curse-filled internal monologue, lol) but it came out OK in the end and is on its way to my SIL's coworker in Hawaii. I used some leftover yarn and a tutorial from YT that I'm happy to send to anyone else who wants one!  July Share by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 27, 2024 16:23:26 GMT
This layout is for Linda 's Wild Animals theme team challenge. I've been wanting to scrap this story for a while, and this challenge was the perfect prompt. Just a heads-up that the link is glitchy - it still works if I click on the broken image icon but it's not showing up in the thread. I left you some love for this cool spread on Flickr. |
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Post by Linda on Jul 27, 2024 20:31:48 GMT
grammadee - love the travel pages - I also don't get to go on many of the fabulous trips I get photos to scrapbook. I love how the colours and embellishments really capture the vibe of each trip - calm for Mexico, adventurous for Arizona, and fastpaced and colourful for Vegas! AussieMeg and joblackford - the layout still shows in the thread for me so the glitch must be either sporadic or perhaps depends on which device we're using (I'm on a windows desktop but I can also see it on my iphone)
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Post by Linda on Jul 27, 2024 20:33:11 GMT
Another layout for a Shimelle class - VERY out of the box for me, I even cut my page protector (wow!) First image is closed, second shows the flap open.   This one isn't for a class but is obviously Shimelle inspired.  joblackford - I'm glad that project is done for you - it looks very nice |
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Post by Linda on Jul 28, 2024 0:47:57 GMT
another layout for a Shimelle class  |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 28, 2024 3:12:23 GMT
Managed a page this morning! This is for the July page in my family calendar for next year. Have already shared it in the July 13th Sketchy Saturday thread, but putting it here so I don't forget to add up the points. POINTS: one page (20), created & shared (2). Two photos for the Donna challenge (2). Sketchy Saturday (5). P-1 chipboard, P-8 tag. Total: 31.
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Post by craftymom101 on Jul 28, 2024 20:25:48 GMT
 My last layout using the July {Not} Just For Boys Kit Club Limitless kit. |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 28, 2024 21:32:48 GMT
Switched to a different Sheetload to work with some busy papers (back and front of the same sheet)  July share by jo.blackford, on Flickr and some landscape designs to use sentiment strips too long for portrait orientation  July share by jo.blackford, on Flickr |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 29, 2024 3:52:16 GMT
I need to catch up on comments... joblackford, I plan to head over to Flickr in a moment to look at your lovely cards. Your half n half pages are really pretty, Linda. That stamped background is really pretty, and I love the way the pic of flowers at the bottom is offset by the floral pp at the top of the other. As usual, every element on each page is right on theme. Love the eye chart for the glasses page and the book paper for the book sale one. And I love the addition of the kitty pic: what cat can resist a paper bag? And of course you have tea cups and tools and pp with car keys LOL. I also love the different papers you have chosen to go together on each page. And I love the pic's of your family, but my fav is of the two kitties focused on the excitement outside their window. craftymom101, your Summer page is so light and fresh and fun! Love how you used those strips of pp to back the photo, and of course that splattered background--looks like splattered sunshine. |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 29, 2024 15:36:46 GMT
I plan to head over to Flickr in a moment to look at your lovely cards. Thanks for all the love. I'm not sure if my reply worked but the sentiments are printed on the back of the cover sheets of Paper Rose collections. I love the convenience and it reduces waste too. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 30, 2024 11:54:11 GMT
This page is for the July Donna Challenge - Celebrate!  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 30, 2024 12:39:35 GMT
And this one is for the "Thrillseeker" theme challenge for the Q3 team challenges.  |
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Post by joblackford on Jul 30, 2024 22:33:43 GMT
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 31, 2024 13:36:46 GMT
My last one for the month. This is a scraplift of a layout by Janet Fritz.  |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 31, 2024 18:45:23 GMT
My last LO for July, for Sketchy Saturday July 20th... POINTS: two pages (40), created & shared (4). Five photos for the Donna challenge (5). Sketchy Saturday (5). P-4 notebook pp for journaling, P-9 brads, P-12 Washi, T-19 inked edges, W/T-11 summer quote, Th-21 ride. Total: 60.
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but also sold at scrapbook dot com. Their paper is good quality, quite a heavy weight, but it has a coating on it that some people don't like. 
